वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-19, verse-16

अहमौपयिकी भार्या तस्यैव वसुधापतेः ।
व्रतस्नातस्य विप्रस्य विद्येव विदितात्मनः ॥१६॥

16. ahamaupayikī bhāryā tasyaiva vasudhāpateḥ ,
vratasnātasya viprasya vidyeva viditātmanaḥ.

16. aham aupayikī bhāryā tasya eva vasudhāpateḥ
vratasnātasya viprasya vidyā iva vidita ātmanaḥ

16. aham tasya vasudhāpateḥ eva aupayikī bhāryā
iva vidita ātmanaḥ vratasnātasya viprasya vidyā

16. I am the rightful wife of that very lord of the earth (Rāma), just as knowledge belongs to a Brahmin who has completed his vows and realized the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I (Sītā) (I)

• औपयिकी (aupayikī) - rightful, appropriate (wife) (proper, suitable, appropriate, rightful, belonging to)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (wife, one who is to be supported)

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (Rāma) (of him, his, of that)

• एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

• वसुधापतेः (vasudhāpateḥ) - of the lord of the earth (Rāma) (of the lord of the earth)

• व्रत-स्नातस्य (vrata-snātasya) - of one who has completed his vows (of one who has bathed after observing a vow, of one who has completed a vow)

• विप्रस्य (viprasya) - of a Brahmin (of a Brahmin, of a sage)

• विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (knowledge, learning, science)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• विदित (vidita) - known, realized (known, understood, perceived)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I (Sītā) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

औपयिकी (aupayikī) - rightful, appropriate (wife) (proper, suitable, appropriate, rightful, belonging to)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aupayika

aupayika - proper, suitable, appropriate, belonging to, fit

From upāya (means, resource, fit) + -ika suffix.

Note: Agrees with 'bhāryā'.

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (wife, one who is to be supported)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman to be supported

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Feminine of bhārya, from root √bhṛ (to bear, support) + -ya suffix.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'aham'.

तस्य (tasya) - of him (Rāma) (of him, his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Possessive, qualifies 'bhāryā'.

एव (eva) - very, indeed (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'tasya' (his very own).

वसुधापतेः (vasudhāpateḥ) - of the lord of the earth (Rāma) (of the lord of the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasudhāpati

vasudhāpati - lord of the earth, king

From vasudhā (earth) + pati (master, lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+pati)

• vasudhā – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, protector
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, qualifies 'bhāryā'.

व्रत-स्नातस्य (vrata-snātasya) - of one who has completed his vows (of one who has bathed after observing a vow, of one who has completed a vow)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vratasnāta

vratasnāta - one who has bathed after observing a vow, one who has completed a religious vow

From vrata (vow) + snāta (bathed). A 'vrata-snāta' is a student who has completed his Vedic studies and vows, and ritually bathed.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vrata+snāta)

• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)
• snāta – bathed, purified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √snā (to bathe) + -ta suffix.
  Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'viprasya'.

विप्रस्य (viprasya) - of a Brahmin (of a Brahmin, of a sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, priest, sage, inspired one

From root √vip (to tremble, inspire).

Root: vip (class 1)

Note: Possessive, refers to 'vidyā'.

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge (knowledge, learning, science)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, wisdom

From root √vid (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

विदित (vidita) - known, realized (known, understood, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root √vid (to know) + -ta suffix.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'viditātman'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of the soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Part of the compound 'viditātman', meaning 'of one whose self is known'.